Jose Mourinho has suggested the size of the pay-off he would be entitled to will shield him from the sack at Manchester United.
A brace from Romelu Lukaku helped to shift some of the gathering gloom around Mourinho’s tenure on Sunday, as United bounced back from consecutive defeats with a 2-0 win at Burnley.
Mourinho stormed out of his previous post-match news conference, following last Monday’s 3-0 loss to Tottenham, repeatedly demanding “respect” from reporters after tenuously linking the margin of defeat to the number of Premier League titles he has won in a decorated career.
The former Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid boss was in a far more jovial mood at Turf Moor and even joked that a hefty pay packet means he will be at United for some time yet.
Mourinho is contracted to United until the end of next season after penning a one-year extension in January.
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Mourinho branded Marcus Rashford “a naive boy” after he was sent off in Manchester United’s win at Burnley on Sunday.
England forward Rashford was given a straight red card 71 minutes in for pushing his head into Phil Bardsley, whose kick out at the 20-year-old had gone unseen by referee Jon Moss.
The dismissal did not prove costly to the visitors at Turf Moor, though, as United saw out the victory given to them by Romelu Lukaku’s first-half double.
Mourinho felt Rashford was to blame for being provoked by former United man Bardsley, but he was nonetheless thrilled with his side’s display.
“I don’t know what happened,” he told BBC Sport. “I would say it was naive. It was a kid and a very experienced man. Bardsley’s been in the game for 20 years and Marcus is a naive boy.”
He continued: “I think it was a very, very good performance with a result which was short.
“They played very well as a team, and there were very good individual performances and we should score many more goals. The result shouldn’t have been open until the last minute.”
Rashford took to Twitter after the match to apologise for his conduct, writing: “Emotions got the better of me, I shouldn’t of [sic] reacted like that. Sorry to everyone at the club and all the fans.”